The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-05-28

The wife of the man who was crushed
against the pump, when she saw her hus.
bands body tossed into the sea, became
trantic and wanted to cast herself over
the side after it.
There was great excitement every.
where, they said, and the crew were as
badly frightened as any Some of the
women were on the point of jumping into.
the boats, but were held back, There was
quite aswell on at the time, and the Jump
ing would have been very dangerous.
Eight or ten people were injured by the
iron work as it fell, or the wood work as
il was crushed Four of these were too,
badly injured to be taken care of by the
steamers surgeon, and they were trans
ferred to st. Vincents Hospital. They
were the boy, Geo. Robinson, Patrick
Burke, aged forty-seven of Wilkesbarre,
Pa; VIM. Lawler, aged sixty-fve, Of st.
Louis, and young woman named Rose
Kelly. The two men are in critical con-
dition.
The Storage passengers say that the
known dead included three men, woman
and the little girl, but think that three
others who have been missing since the
collision were among the dead and were
thrown overheard. All the bodies were
thrown into the sea the night after the.
collision. Incoming steamers which were
spoken kept company with the Celtic and
Britannia in case the injured vessels
should require assistance, but their aid
was not needed. Tie damage to the
ships has not been estimated yet, and il
is, doubtless, very large IN each case.
The dead as far as ascertained are:
James Turnbridge, of Iowa.
Rose Robinson, little girl of Lynn.
| Mass
Three women, names not known.
The wounded are:
Mrs Jane Williams, Fall River; arm in.
| jured.
Mrs. Rose Mooney, New York; face.
back and leg bruised.
| Mrs. Annie Vaughn, Pennsylvania; suf--
fering from nervous shock and loss of
voice, caused by exposure and being wet
| through. Her child, at first reported
! killed, was not injured
| Patrick Burke, laborer, of Wikesbarre,
| Pa; fractured leg.
| VIM. Lawler, of St. Louis; fractured
! hip.
Rose Pagan, New York City; back and
| legs injured
| George Arthur Robinson, boy; COM
| pound fracture OF tne arm.
Young Robinson said that after the
boats came together he and his sister
Kate ran to the bow of the boat.
The Celtic gave a sudden lurch and
drew away from the Britannia. His sister
was thrown into the water and drowned.
The people killed were all Storage pas
sengers. Turnbridge was killed by
alling spar.
1.-THE iron bent like whalebone," said j.
William Reilly, lately of Louisiana, who
was a Britannia steerage passenger. II
stood on the port side and saw the Celtic
coming down on us. She seemed about to
strike us amidships, but her engines
were backed, and she struck us about
four feet aft of the engines. 1t was
opposite the last hatch aft. l jumped
from the rail and shouted to all to run for
ward. When she struck helped half
dozen others eXtricate lady from heap
of rigging and broken wood, and then
turned my attention to my wife, who had
run up from below She tainted and did
not re cover until the boats were launched
There was great panic among the wom-
en-. All were mingled together, regard
less Of shipping distinctions. The steer
age passengers found difficulty in secur-
ing life-preservers, and did not seem to.
know where they were.
f. P. Hughes, of Franklin, Pa, on his
way to London for two-months' visit,
said he was alone between decks eating
late dinner. at was like a clap of thun.
der. The water came in at once In
large volume. / ran out, and was
wet above the ankles before l could
reach the stair. Iassisted the stewardess
in taking care of the women. The panic
did not last long, and the officers and
crew behaved molly. The passengers
were transferred, but were brought back
next day."
Alexander Wilkie, Of Toronto, one Of
the Britannlcs cabin passengers, is a,
guest at the Hoffman. At the time of the
collision he was lying down in the berth
Of the state-room which Immediately
adjoined the wrecked section. Three
other gentlemen were in the room His
story is: Gan the afternoon the fog had
been so heavy that you could barely see
ten feet in front of you. The Britannia
was proceeding slowly, sounding her
whistle continually. Shortly before the
collision we were apprised Of the APP
preach of a steamer by the sounding of
another whistle. There was plenty Of
time to avoid the meeting then had the
vessels been in sight of one another. The
shock was terrific, and there was wild
rush for the deck, and fearful state Of
excitement prevailed. Only the admirable
coolness of the officers saved general
panic, and as it was there was
badly scared lot of passengers.
Several women tainted and a number Of
steerage passengers in the compartments
struck were frantic with fright The FIVE
people killed were directly over me, and
their bl God trickled down into
my room. Their bodies were
horribly mangled. The fist
thing we heard after the crash was an or
der to lower the boats. 1t was fully eight
o'clock Friday morning before the fog
, lifted so that we could see the Celtic"
The number of victims probably will
, not be known until the arrival Of the Off
/ GERS of the Britannia who superintendent
the burial of the bodies. The
purser says ''severaln were killed.
One of the cabin passengers is